DINÉ Ties Culture to Curriculum

DINÉ Ties Culture to Curriculum

From Arizona Daily Sun, July 2, 2019. Kaitlin Olson

Diné is a language and a culture — and now, a program to get teachers and students to embrace both.

After a successful pilot last year, the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators (DINÉ) is continuing to provide an eight-month professional development program for K-12 teachers on the Navajo Nation.

The program is the result of a partnership between Northern Arizona University’s Office of Native American Initiatives and the Navajo Nation through the Yale National Initiative, a 40-year-old program designed to strengthen public schools and teaching in low-income urban or rural areas.